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QUINTANA DIAZ, Juan Carlos. Manifestaciones clínicas bucales detectadas en pacientes con giardiasis. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 1997, vol.34, n.2, pp. 80-83. ISSN 1561-297X.

A study on the possible relationship existing between giardiasis and the appereance of oral manifestations in a group of patients over 16, who were diagnosed this affection by biliary drainage, was conducted. It is affirmed that the malabsorption produced by this parasite provokes a deficit of vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates and fats, that in some authora' opinions and in our own, causes the oral alterations found. Of the 50 patients with giardiasis studied, 46 % were males and 54 % females. The oral manifestations detected in 52 % of the cases examined were: aphthas, glossitis, and cheilitis.

Palavras-chave : GIARDIASIS [complications]; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS [etiology]; CHEILITIS [etiology]; GLOSSITIS [etiology]; ORAL MANIFESTATIONS [etiology].